Bangor-area group opposes efforts to legalize recreational marijuana

BREWER, Maine — The Bangor Area Recovery Network is hosting a series of community education sessions to discuss the potential pitfalls of legalizing recreational marijuana.

The sessions come as two petitions seek to place citizen-initiated referendums on the November 2016 ballot that would legalize recreational marijuana in Maine.

“Most of the people just assume this is going to happen, but the facts about this subject are being left out of the conversation,” said Jean Baker, an organizer, in a statement. “We need to hear both sides of the story.”

The first session is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the community education room at Bangor Area Recovery Network’s recovery center at 142 Center Street in Brewer.

The presentation will feature a slideshow titled “Marijuana in the New Millennium.” The group will do the same presentation on the third Wednesday of July and...

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